Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 12:13:14 +0700 From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> To: Jin Guojun <jguojun@sbcglobal.net> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, x11@freebsd.org, hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop Message-ID: <201203301213.14512.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> In-Reply-To: <1333083183.10839.YahooMailRC@web184720.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> References: <1333058462.41322.YahooMailRC@web184716.mail.ne1.yahoo.com> <201203300850.34041.erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> <1333083183.10839.YahooMailRC@web184720.mail.ne1.yahoo.com>
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Hi, On Friday 30 March 2012 11:53:03 Jin Guojun wrote: > Unfortunately, X and startx will crash too if X -configure crashes :-) is this a new feature? Isn't xorg.conf processed at all anymore? I am under the impression that X stops probing when the configuration in xorg.conf works. Of course, I did not give X the drivers for probing for hardware which is not in the box. Erich > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Erich Dollansky <erichfreebsdlist@ovitrap.com> > To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org > Cc: Jin Guojun <jguojun@sbcglobal.net>; hardware@freebsd.org; x11@freebsd.org > Sent: Thu, March 29, 2012 6:50:33 PM > Subject: Re: X support on HP Eiltebook laptop > > Hi, > > On Friday 30 March 2012 05:01:02 Jin Guojun wrote: > > > > I tried to install FreeBSD 8.3-RC1 (both 32-bit i386 and 64-bit amd64) on this > > > machine, and X -configure coredumps, so X Window cannot run on this machine. > > > I never use X-configure but copy xorg.conf from a machine with a running > configuration and change the settings to fit the different hardware. > > Erich >
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